A sub-orbital reusable rocket project

About

Infinity is the codename of a project for a sub-orbital reusable rocket vehicle to fly to an altitude of 200 km and return safely to Earth.

Rocket Vehicle

Infinity is a reusable rocket vehicle which takes off vertically and lands vertically. It has a length of about 9 m and a diameter of about 2.5 m, so you can think of the size of a tank truck. The take-off mass is 13 tons.

The propulsion system is a cluster of liquid rocket engines using liquid methane and liquid oxygen as propellants.

Market - Manned and Unmanned

Vehicle can carry either an unmanned payload module or a manned capsule carrying three passengers.

The unmanned vehicle is oriented primarily for the institutional market of sounding rocket flights.

Once reliability and safety have been demonstrated, manned flights will follow. These flights are geared for the market of private commercial human space flight.

Innovation

The innovation of Infinity is first of all to perform a complex system development within a small company. Secondly we make extensive use of aeronautical off-the-shelf components. Thirdly we will follow innovative development procedures which will allow to go faster and reduce cost. All these aspects are new in particular for launch vehicle development.

Our Pursuit : Cost Effectiveness

We believe that cost effectiveness in development but especially operation is the key to long-term business success.

With our vehicle system and development approach we want to achieve a significant reduction of development and production cost. Low cost will open the possibility for new markets and applications in particular the market of private commercial manned suborbital space flight.

Cost will also be saved simply due to the size of Infnity compared to orbital rockets. Ariane 5 has a take-off mass of about 800 tons, Infinity only 13 tons. See the image on the right showing Ariane and Infinity in proper scale. 

Our Obsession: Safety

Safety is on our minds at any single screw we design and dimension. Safety is not only of literally vital importance for our potential passengers but it is similarly important for our own future and business success. Safety is our single primary objective - everything else comes second.

Current Project Status

The Infinity project is currently in preliminary development (pre-phase A). We currently invest from our own resources and are looking for funding and partners.